For those who may have become a little turned off by the FA Cup in the days of weakened sides and league priorities, Wrexham are making us enjoy it again.

Try telling the 2,000-plus who made the journey from North Wales to Brighton to witness Adrian Cieslewicz put the Town’s name into the fourth-round of the competition that it’s not aa good as the old days.

Because the 62nd minute strike that cancelled out Jake Forster-Caskey’s opener was a thing of beauty, a fitting effort to settle a sizzling cup affair on the south-coast.

It was no less than the Dragons deserved for their efforts in holding their own with the ball against their Championship hosts.

The replay scheduled for Tuesday week is the kind of fortune the men off the field at the Racecourse deserve, the extra gate receipts and – whisper it – possible television cash just what’s needed to boost the coffers.

Of course, there will be the cynics who will ask who needs an extra game when promotion to the Football League is on the cards?

But put that to one side for a moment, because the positives here were too easy to see.

The confidence of this Wrexham side was already clear after their 14-game unbeaten run in the Blue Square Premier – what a extra boost that will have after holding Brighton.

They proved they can play their football against a side from three divisions higher, but also emphasised they have that inner-steel to never know when they are beaten.

After a huge effort to keep Brighton pegged back in the first-half, you could have feared the worst when Seagulls midfielder Forster-Caskey opened just three minutes after the break.

But Wrexham refused to give-in, remained organised and got their rewards when Cieslewicz beat his man and wrote his name into the Racecourse history books.

Jay Harris, Jake Speight and Jamie Tolley delivered big performances when it was needed, Marc Creighton, Nat Knight-Percival and keeper Joslain Mayebi standing tall at the back – and the chance of drawing a real big-gun in the fourth round could yet be on.

With player-manager Morrell leading the frontline the work ethic from the visitors was clear to see from the off, the Championship outfit given next to no time to settle into their stride.

Instead it was the Dragons who could boast of the early and greater pressure, Speight eager to run at his marker and ask the questions.

Impressively, the Welshmen showed that they had not risen to the top of the Blue Square on effort alone as they persisted with the passing game of their own.

Packing plenty of pace, Wrexham did have to be aware of the counter from Brighton with LuaLua sharp and Forster-Caskey giving Mayebi his first work 15 minutes in.

Still, they were not carving Wrexham open. Instead it was Morrell’s men playing the more creative football, Speight with a delightful backheel to set Neil Ashton on the overlap 17 minutes in with Peter Brezovan having to stop smartly from the low cross.

With Harris scurrying his way across the centre of the park to deny the Seagulls space and Tolley thrusting forward, Wrexham had good reason to take the game to the hosts.

And when Tolley played in Morrell with 20 minutes on the clock, Speight came so close to opening as he attempted to meet the cross before the ball found its way to the back post and Matt Sparrow cleared before Joe Clarke could pounce.

With Cieslewicz unable to get into the game, much was down to Speight who was causing Seagulls skipper Inigo Calderproblems down the Wrexham left.

And as he turned his man inside out on 33 minutes, one cross looked to have found Tolley – but the shot was always going to be a soft one as he stretched to connect.

But the promising signs seemed to have led to nothing just three minutes after the break when a pumped-up Brighton went for it, pushing Wrexham onto the back foot.

LuaLua went around Curtis Obeng and Forster-Caskey poked home from the cross to silence the away support.

Momentarily, anyway, because the travelling Red Army refused to give up hope. In response, neither did their side as the non-leaguers continued with their positive play.

The Wrexham reward came when Cieslewicz picked up the ball on the right of the edge of the box and his quick feet opened up the space for a fizzing shot that flew into the back of the net.

Boosted by that effort, it was still Wrexham who finished the stronger with Tolley so close to smashing an incredible winner.

He was denied,. but Wrexham were more than satisfied with the draw,... the least they deserved.